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ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) - Environmental issues are taking center stage in the race to run South Carolina.
Five Democrats and five Republicans who want to be governor started their Tuesday night debate in Orangeburg by discussing the environment.
Republican state Sen. Larry Grooms of Charleston disputed the human connection to global warming, citing debunked claims the climate is cooling. Other candidates said they think the state needs to look at nuclear or alternative energy sources to address problems.
Democrat Jim Rex joked that issue could be solved in part by putting a wind turbine in front of the debate stage.
The South Carolina ETV Big Picture Election Special was being taped and then broadcast at 8 p.m. and streamed over the Internet.
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